« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Can anyone ID this plane??  (Read 1693 times)

Offline TEXICAN

  • Copper Member
  • **
  • Posts: 288
Can anyone ID this plane??
« on: November 07, 2010, 08:16:11 PM »
This plane flew of downtown Dallas for at least an hour just circling it was still there when it got dark.


Logged
If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics suck!

Offline JOACH1M

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 9813
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2010, 08:19:48 PM »
I tired to save image on my phone to expand it and it crashed it
Logged
FEW ~ BK's ~ AoM
Focke Wulf Me / Last Of The GOATS 🐐
ToC 2013 & 2017 Champ
R.I.P My Brothers <3

Offline SDGhalo

  • Copper Member
  • **
  • Posts: 109
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2010, 08:44:34 PM »
hmm

from the wing size and the twin contrails it could be a U2 spy plane

But it also looks like a really high DC-3 fromthe look of the tail
Logged

Offline JOACH1M

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 9813
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2010, 08:46:53 PM »
It's a u2 I blew it up and restored the pixels and it's a u2
Logged
FEW ~ BK's ~ AoM
Focke Wulf Me / Last Of The GOATS 🐐
ToC 2013 & 2017 Champ
R.I.P My Brothers <3

Offline Volron

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5805
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2010, 09:12:54 PM »
Dang it...That's what I thought when I took a look at the top picture.  It was the bottom one that made me second guess.

Told ya not to mess with dem squirrels man...  It's like this fortune cookie thingy I got once, "If you temp a squirrel with a nut, be prepared to be bitten.". :lol
Logged
Quote from: hitech
Wow I find it hard to believe it has been almost 38 days since our last path. We should have release another 38 versions by now  :bhead
HiTech
Quote from: Pyro
Quote from: Jolly
What on Earth makes you think that i said that sir?!
My guess would be scotch.

Offline colmbo

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2246
      • Photos
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2010, 09:23:24 PM »
I doubt that is a U-2.  U-2 is single engine, this has two contrails....DC-9/MD8x
Logged
Columbo

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" and the warrior whispers back "I AM THE STORM"

Offline TEXICAN

  • Copper Member
  • **
  • Posts: 288
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2010, 09:37:16 PM »
It was just weird how it was making tight turns of the city for so long never seen one do that before.  Then I couldnt figure out what it was.   :noid LOL
Logged
If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics suck!

Offline W7LPNRICK

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2050
      • Ham Radio Antenna Experiments
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2010, 11:26:19 PM »
U2 has two intakes & one exhaust thus one contrail. Not! I repeat NOT a U-2.  :salute
« Last Edit: November 07, 2010, 11:29:40 PM by W7LPNRICK »
Logged
WildWzl
Ft Bragg Jump School-USAF Kunsan AB, Korea- Clark AB P.I.- Korat, Thailand-Tinker AFB Ok.- Mtn Home AFB Idaho
F-86's, F-4D, F-4G, F-5E Tiger II, C-130, UH-1N (Twin Engine Hueys) O-2's. E3A awacs, F-111, FB-111, EF-111,

Offline LLogann

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4947
      • Candidz.com
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2010, 11:34:06 PM »
Can't be a U2.........

EDIT:  as the others have already pointed out...... Plus the paint job.   :salute
Logged
See Rule #4
Now I only pay because of my friends.

Offline EskimoJoe

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4831
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2010, 12:38:44 AM »
I tried to Google it, but only managed to find a handful of UFO stories...

 :noid
Logged
Quote from: DA98 on March 25, 2011, 09:05:45 AM
Put a +1 on your geekness atribute  :aok

Offline JHerne

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 659
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2010, 01:27:23 AM »
Quote from: colmbo on November 07, 2010, 09:23:24 PM
I doubt that is a U-2.  U-2 is single engine, this has two contrails....DC-9/MD8x

Since when do DC-9s have straight wings?

More than likely its a Cessna Citation



In your photo, it appears that the contrails are forming slightly in front of the tailplane, which is obscured from view. The engine location of the Cessna justifies the contrail position, and the obscured tailplane (because of the angle and the contrails), would suggest a tail that's obviously higher than the engines.
« Last Edit: November 08, 2010, 01:34:55 AM by JHerne »
Logged
Skunkworks AvA Researcher and
Primary Cause of Angst

Offline MachFly

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6296
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2010, 05:36:17 AM »
It is 100% an orange test version of the Nakajima J9Y. Straight wings, two contrails, painted orange, yep definitely the J9Y  :old:



Seriously though I believe it's impossible to tell. All guesses are bases on the plane's basic shape (wings and the fuselage), two contrails, the color, and the sky around it
« Last Edit: November 08, 2010, 05:46:51 AM by MachFly »
Logged
"Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others...it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire."
Lt. Col. William R. Dunn
flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, P-51s, P-47s, and F-4s

Offline Spikes

  • Aces High CM Staff
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 15834
    • Twitch: Twitch Feed
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2010, 06:12:39 AM »
Oh noes, ze Russians are spying on us!
Logged
i7-12700k | Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 | EVGA 1080ti FTW3 | H150i Capellix

FlyKommando.com

Offline Golfer

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6314
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2010, 06:34:16 PM »
NASA has had a couple B-57s flying around doing high altitude research for a while.  They're based at Ellington Field.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA926/history/20101106/1430Z/KEFD/KEFD

« Last Edit: November 09, 2010, 06:38:36 PM by Golfer »
Logged

Offline Reaper90

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3322
Re: Can anyone ID this plane??
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2010, 07:11:06 PM »
I'm with Golfer on this one. Based on the photos and the flightpaths posted, you just got a look at a B-57.  :aok
Logged
Floyd
'Murican dude in a Brit Squad flying Russian birds, drinking Canadian whiskey
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »